Miyabi Honoka

"Gotta Face Forward! I'm the all-round positive understudy, Miyabi Honoka!"

Honoka is one of the current understudies in AKB0048, being part of the 151st generation. She is also currently Team K's Ace. She is a naturally spunky and energetic girl, yet can be serious when she wants to. She is also known by the nicknames Ho-chan (ほっちゃん) and Bibiri (ビビリ).

Appearance
Honoka has relatively long, purple hair that she keeps in pigtails, and pink eyes. She has a cheerful appearance, and is quite tall, considering her age. She has heartshaped lining in her hair, as well as her eyes.

Personality
Honoka is a naturally spunky and cheerful girl, but that does not make her childish - she prefers the term "all-round positive", and does commonly keep a grin firmly in place. She is also one to play pranks on people, and is not always the perfect Kouhai, as she at times, show relatively little respect for the elder members.

Pre-00
Honoka, being born and raised at Akibastar, has been a hardcore fan of 00 all her life, and decided in early years to audition, when she got old enough. She was originally not supposed to be able to take the audition for the 151st generation of understudies, but given that she would be turning 13 the year she took it, she was allowed to do it.

First Round
After convincing her mother and father to let her audition for 00, as they were both very reculant against it at first (she would be labeled a terrorist on some planets and would be on a battlefield every time 00 would preform on a planet with the Entertainment ban; they were simply concerned for her safety), she was allowed to audition. She recorded three different tapes of her audition, and then chose the second one, which she liked the best, to send. A month later, she received the message that told her that she had passed the first round, and that she was to go to the 00 building at the set date to get taken with the Flying Get off of Akibastar for the second round of the auditions.

Relationships
Shinoda Mariko the 12th - Sempai
 * -|Successors =

Akimoto Sayaka the 15th - Sayaka was from the same generation as Honoka. Honoka used to call her ZoZo before she succeeded, and does occasionally still do it.

Yokoyama Yui the 13.5th - Kouhai, Honoka calls her Miyaunt, even after Yuihan's succession. She was also the one who came up with the nickname.

Maeda Atsuko the 19th - Kouhai

Takahashi Minami the 7th - Sempai. They met at a lunch break during the audition for the 151st generation, and Honoka likes Ai, in a sempai/kouhai-ish way. Honoka calls her Airicchi.

Motomiya Hikari - Manager and producer
 * -|Staff =
 * -|151st Generation =

Kashita Miyagi - Fellow Kenkyuusei. The two of them met at the Flying Get, where they started talking. Honoka likes her, and Miyagi is easily the one who knows Honoka the best during the auditions; she considers Miyagi a good, if not the best, friend she currently has. Honoka jokingly calls Miyagi "Gun-Girl".

Asahina Miru - Fellow Kenkyuusei, Honoka calls Miru "Meroko" for an unknown reason.

Ashley Snow - Fellow Kenkyuusei

Masuda Akari - Fellow Kenkyuusei, Honoka calls her "Rio" for an unknown reason.


 * -|150th Generation =

Inoue Megumi - Sempai

Takanashi Yukari - Sempai

Hoshimiya Aoi - Sempai

Hoshikawa Rei - Sempai. Honoka calls her ReiRei.

Itano Tomorin - Sempai. Honoka calls her Tori/Bird.

Hikami Yumeko - Sempai

Ito Hotaru - Sempai

Suzuno Natsuki - Sempai

Suzuno Sakura - Sempai

Samuikaze Ran - Sempai

Harune Diamond - Sempai

Taiyamoto Akano - Sempai

Kimura Mei - Kouhai, Honoka calls her Hime, a reference to Mei's Majisuka Gakuen character and Mei's character on stage.
 * -|152nd Generation=

Shiraki Chiyo - Kouhai

Aozora Kokone - Kouhai

Matsuto Nami - Kouhai

Honda Hibiki - Kouhai

Tsubasa Diana - Kouhai

Itano Tomoko - Kouhai

Etymology
Miyabi (雅): The meaning of "Miyabi" is unknown.

Honoka (ほのか): The meaning of "Honoka" is unknown.

Quotes
Hint: Hover over the quotes!
 * Gotta Face Forward! I'm the all-round positive understudy, Miyabi Honoka! - Honoka's catchphrase
 * So what? You're a better Gun-Girl than me, I'm just happy I was able to hit you a few times! - Honoka talking to Kashita Miyagi during their paintball fight in Stage one 2.0: Kenkyuusei Dreams reloaded!
 * Don't you think I know tha-... Whoa! Watch it! - Honoka during the Ghost ball game in Stage one 2.0: Kenkyuusei Dreams reloaded!
 * You-you're Miya's aunt. You're Miyaunt! - Honoka coming up with Kashita Akane's nickname Miyaunt in Stage one 3.0: Kenkyuusei Dreams 3rd launch!
 * Um... Miya? I think I might have steam-rolled Hoshiko. - Honoka speaking to Kashita Miyagi in the November/December School Thread, after knocking over Shino Hoshina.

Achievements
Early Result: 6th (689'956 votes)
 * -|Senbatsu Sousenkyo=
 * Senbatsu Sousenkyo SC 0123

Placement: 6th (900'228 votes) Shoujiki Shougi Placement - 4th - Lost to Kashita Miyagi
 * -|AKBingo!=
 * -|Jyanken Taikai=
 * Jyanken Taikai SC0123

Trivia

 * She has a habit of referring to famous (AKB) songs quite often.
 * The most notable being Mae Shika Mukanee, which she uses as part of her catchphrase ("Gotta Face Forward")
 * Another notable is Kore Kara Wonderland, which's title is also on her Senbatsu Sousenkyou poster.
 * Her Senbatsu Sousenkyou poster seems to have a Alice in Wonderland theme, as Honoka seems to be playing a lot on the chesire cat as well.
 * She has perfect pitch, and can easily - if she does not know the text to a song - sing the notes instead.
 * She does prefer dancing over singing, though.
 * She considers her charm point her pointy tooth.
 * She is known for having a small nose too, though.
 * Her voice actor, Noto Mamiko, was chosen because of the voice she gave Sakagami Ayumi in the Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage Movies.
 * Coincidally, Noto Mamiko also voices Kojima Haruna the 8th
 * Her surname, Miyabi, is almost the same as Miyagi's given name, with only a one-letter-difference in romanized letters.
 * It is, however, written with completely different Kanji's.
 * Her audition song was RESET.
 * She is also known to waver a lot when it comes to what name she wants to succeed.
 * Currently, she wants to succeed Ota Aika.
 * Names she has wanted to succeed are:
 * Watanabe Mayu
 * Minegeshi Minami
 * Matsui Jurina
 * Miyazaki Miho
 * Sato Amina
 * Even if Matsui Jurina the 8th was her favourite successor of all time, Honoka has not yet decided on an Oshi.
 * She was decided as the Center Nova of the current generation of 00.
 * This was only a joke - Honoka has never been the Center Nova.
 * She has a talent for rambling on demand.
 * She displayed this during the second round of the auditions.
 * She has a weird personality quirk that shows when she's just woken up.
 * It makes her almost forgetful (and she does also seem a bit dumb) and she's more clingy than usual.
 * Her Majisuka Gakuen nickname would be Niji (虹, Rainbow)
 * She is known to come up with nicknames for her fellow members.
 * She believes in Rainbow Pegasuses.
 * She has a major sweet tooth.